For rent: a historic country house in Kent

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Renting a country house is in. Potential buyers biding their time for further price falls are in need of a stopgap home, and are renting from those who are holding off from selling. Stables House, in Kent, is to let - for £2,500 a month - and comes with a bonus for heritage fans. The owner of neighbouring Hever Castle is offering tenants an annual pass to its castle and grounds. The moated fortress dates from the 13th century and was the childhood home of Anne Boleyn.

Hever was acquired by the Boleyn family in the middle of the 15th century; the